Professional chrango made by the recognized García brothers (Rubén and Jaime). The rooster chest model presents a sound box made of layers of laurel wood, with the construction similar to that of guitars.

Choose the special features for this productIf you want to order a product with specific features, please make your choice:

There are many stories of how the charango came to be made with it's distinctive diminutive sound box of armadillo. One story says that the native musicians liked the sound the vihuela (an ancestor of the Classical Guitar) made, but lacked the technology to shape the wood in that manner. Another story says that the Spaniards prohibited natives from practicing their ancestral music, and that the charango was a (successful) attempt to make a lute that could be easily hidden under a garment. It is believed the charango originated in the 18th century Andes somewhere in modern-day Potosí Bolivia, probably from Amerindian contact with Spanish settlers